Youth Players Auditions: The Wizard of Oz
Youth Players Auditions: The Wizard of Oz
Audition Info
April 6: 1-3pm (ages 6-12) and 4-6pm (ages 13-18)
April 8: 6-8pm
Callbacks: April 13 (2-6pm)
The Exit 7 Youth Players will hold auditions for The Wizard of Oz on Sunday, April 6 (1-3pm for ages 6-12 and 4-6pm for ages 13-18) and Tuesday, April 8 from 6-8 pm at the Exit 7 Players Theater on 37 Chestnut St, Ludlow, MA 01056. Callback auditions will be held on Sunday, April 13 from 2-6 pm same location.
Actors should come with a prepared song and sheet music. An accompanist will be provided (No CD's or MP3 tracks). Actors should also have a 1-minute monologue prepared.
Please bring a photograph of yourself to attach to your audition. This does NOT need to be a formal headshot. Any size photo will work.
You must be between 6 and 18 to audition. We ask that you list all conflicts that you have between May 1 and August 10 on your audition form. Conflicts during Tech beginning July 20 will affect casting decisions.
Readings during callbacks will be from the script.
The Wizard of Oz performances will begin Friday, August 1, 2, 7, and 8 at 8 pm and August 3 and 10 at 2 pm. Rehearsals will be determined after auditions to be as inclusive as possible.
The production will be directed by Jess Miller, with musical direction by Daniel Adam Monte. Choreography by Amy Meek and Aileen Terzi. Produced by Winnie Cardaropoli, Mackenzie Johnson, and Rebecca Johnson.
ABOUT THE SHOW:
Little Dorothy Gale of Kansas, like so many girls her age, often dreams of what may lie over the rainbow. One day a tornado hits her hometown and carries her away to Munchkinland - at the end of the rainbow. Dorothy wants to go home to Kansas but only the great Wizard of Oz can help her. Dorothy persuades three friends to accompany her on the trip to the Emerald City to see the Wizard. They are Scarecrow, who lacks a brain (he thinks), the Tin Woodman, who has no heart, and the Cowardly Lion, who would like to have some courage. The Wicked Witch of the West vows vengeance on Dorothy and does all she can to stop the friends getting to the Emerald City. But they do reach it, and manage to see the Wizard.
Join Dorothy as she confronts the Wizard and even stands up to the Wicked Witch of the West in this wonderful adventure based upon one of the most popular movies of all time.
By L. Frank Baum With Music and Lyrics of the MGM motion picture score by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg. Background music by Herbert Stothart. Book Adaptation by John Kane from the motion picture screenplay.
Cast of Characters:
Dorothy Gale
Aunt Em/Emily Gale (Glinda, Good Witch of the North)
Uncle Henry/Henry Gale (Emerald City Guard)
Zeke/Farmhand (Cowardly Lion)
Hickory/Farmhand (Tin Woodsman)
Hunk/Farmhand (Scarecrow)
Miss Almira Gultch (Wicked Witch of the West)
Professor Chester Marvel (Wizard of Oz)
Munchkins:
Citizens of Munckinland
Mayor
Coroner
Barrister
City Fathers
Tots
Tough Guys
Fiddler
Braggart
School Teachers
Crows
Trees
Poppies & Snowmen (chorus)
Ozians (chorus)
Beauticians
Polishers
Manicurists
OZ men
OZ girls
Winkies
Winkie General
Nikko (Commander of Monkeys)
Jitterbug (chorus)
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